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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Assistive Technology Pioneers Who Have Changed Our Lives - American Foundation for the Blind - info & link

(click headline for AFB webpage) or http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=4&TopicID=456

Assistive Technology Pioneers Who Have Changed Our Lives;
AFB's assistive technology oral history project features interviews with educators, inventors, humanitarians, and other inspirational figures who led the way in creating opportunities for people with vision loss.

Enjoy exploring the photographs and biographies of these technology pioneers, as well as listening to the audio files (with full transcripts) of detailed oral history interviews

"Human factors still aren't considered as high a priority as they ought to be in product design."
-Deane Blazie
How do we get communities that aren't the richest communities, that aren't the biggest markets, but have a desperate need for these tools, how do we get these tools to them?"
-Jim Fruchterman
We started this company on literally $10,000...it was a true start-up company, the kind that you run right out of your basement and build your way up."
-Saba Hocek
We hope this unique history will serve to encourage future generations of people with vision loss to follow their dreams. Sign up to receive an e-mail alert every time a new interview is added to the archives.

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